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From: sccowan@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (S. Crispin Cowan)
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Subject: Lenco L78 Info Wanted
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Date: 20 Jul 90 17:26:14 GMT
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Please respond by mail to  oheare@gandalf.ca . I can't post to (or
read from) rec.* groups.

I'm now the proud owner of a Lenco L78 turntable. It claims to have
been made in Switzerland, the dates inside indicate in 1973. It's a
continuously-variable speed table, spinning from about 12-13 RPM to
about 90 RPM(!) or so.

Having bought it used, I have no documentation on it at all. Does
anyone out there have an owner's manual, or (dare I hope?) a service
manual that they might be willing to photocopy? I'll gladly pay any
copy/shipping costs, etc.

Does anyone know anything about Lenco? The beast is obviously well
made -- careful machining, etc. Are they still in business, did they
get absorbed by somebody else, or have they simply gone the way of all
good things?

Are parts available? I seem to need the anti-skating arrangement --
I'd guess a wire bracket, a nylon filament and a weight. I'd also
really like a new headshell or two. Any ideas, anybody?

Please e-mail or snail-mail -- our site does not receive any rec.*
newsgroups. Any information greatly appreciated.

Dave O'Heare  1255 Emperor Ave, Ottawa, Ont., Canada  K1Z 8C4
oheare@gandalf.ca
+1 613 723 6500